Shipley Scrabble Club Handicap Knockout Tournamnet 2008

Players are given a handicap (in brackets after their name) based on their perfomance in club games during the year from January to September. (See below for the exact formula used.) A player gets the number of points equal to their handicap added to the score they get during the game.

Round 1

Sylvia (48)	342
Harry W (20)	429

Marjorie (61)	-
Bye	-

Gordon (31)	-
Bye	-

Brett (60)	-
Bye	-

Billy (98)	334
Jill	381

Joan (66)	-
Bye	-

Muriel (88)	329
Jane (36)	566

Marie (52)	-
Bye	-

Marjorie (61)	-
Bye	-

Joyce B (59)	498
Olwen (90)	344

Kath A (44)	-
Bye	-

Ruth (49)	330
Sandra (38)	555

Cyndy (38)	-
Bye	-

Noreen (51)	355
Robert (9)	528

Harry B (32)	-
Bye	-

Alan (0)	-
Bye	-

Round 2

Harry W (20)	478
Marjorie (61)	425

Gordon (31)	426
Brett (60)	417

Jill (81)	387
Joan (66)	414

Jane (36)	408
Tom (54)	476

Marie (52)	457
Joyce B (59)	308

Kath A (44)	378
Sandra (38)	393

Cyndy (38)	367
Robert (9)	373

Harry B (32)	392
Alan (0)	372

Round 3

Harry W (20)	391
Gordon (31)	395

Joan (66)	416
Tom (54)	442

Marie (52)	463
Sandra (38)	406

Robert (9)	490
Harry B (32)	391

Semi-finals

Gordon (31)	425
Tom (54)	393

Marie (52)	351
Robert (9)	487

Final

Gordon (31)	410
Robert (9)	452

Handicap formula

The handicap formula used for this tournament was based on the results between January and September 2008. The values used were the players average spread, their average score and thier rating at the end of September.

The spread component for a player (S) was calculated by taking the highest average spread scored by any player and subtracting the player's average spread and then halving the resulting value.

The average score component (T) was obtained by subtracting the player's average score from the maximun average score obtained by any player.

The rating component (R) was similarly calculated by subtracted the player's rating from the maximum rating of any player.

The raw handicap score (RH) was then obtained from the following formula:

RH = 0.76S + 0.14R + 0.1T

The raw handicap score was then rounded to the nearest whole number. Finally the lowest raw handicap score was subtracted from all the raw handicap scores to give the final handicaps. This procedure means that the strongest player has a handicap of 0.